| Edition |
2-disc collector's edition, widescreen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen 2.35:1, 1 single-layer disc, 1 dual-layer disc; 5.1 Dolby surround or mono. |
| Cast |
Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Johnny Wels, W. Lukschy, S. Rupp, Joe Edger. |
| Credits |
Photography, Jack Dalmas ; music, Dan Savio ; film editor, Bob Quintle. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. |
| Audience |
Rated R. |
| Summary |
A mysterious gunman has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim and dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw", the stranger soon receives lucrative offers of employment from each gang. He accepts both offers, setting in motion a plan to destroy the criminals. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1. Restored and remastered film ; feature commentary by film historian Sir Christopher Frayling. Disc 2. A new kind of hero featurette ; A few weeks in Spain : Clint Eastwood on the experience of making the film ; Tre voci : three friends remember Sergio Leone ; Not ready for primetime : filmmaker Monte Hellman discusses the television broadcast of A fistful of dollars ; The network prologue with Harry Dean Stanton ; Location comparisons then to now : film clips intercut with current footage of the locations used ; 10 radio spots ; double-bill trailer. |
| Language |
In English with optional English or Spanish soundtracks and optional English, Spanish, or French subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Smugglers -- Drama.
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Gangs -- Drama.
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Drifters -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures, Italian.
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Foreign films -- Italy.
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Spaghetti Westerns.
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Western films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Leone, Sergio, 1929-1989.
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Colombo, Harry.
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Papi, Giorgio.
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Lowell, Mark.
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Eastwood, Clint, 1930-
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Koch, Marianne, 1931-
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Volonté, Gian Maria, 1933-1994
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Lukschy, Wolfgang, 1905-1983.
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Rupp, Sieghardt.
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Egger, Joseph, 1889-1966.
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Jolly Film.
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Constantin Film (Firm)
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Ocean Film.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
027616077387 |
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